General Discussions
This is the place to discuss general issues related to the U-boat war or the war at sea in WWII.
RE: Psychology in the Atlantic.
Posted by:
Robert Eno
()
Date: March 13, 2001 05:14PM
<HTML>I\'d like to add a bit to your posting John and to address the comment by a previous poster about how U-boat men NOT conduct themselves in the same brutal manner as the SS did.
I suggest that in the Battle of the Atlantic, both sides had a common enemy: the sea; in all her mercurial moods. If the depth charges or uboats didn\'t get you, the sea would eventually.
In the face of this common enemy, perhaps both sides developed a respect for each other and most importantly, an empathy for their adversaries once they were deprived of their protective home (ship or uboat) and consigned to the cruel sea (with apologies to Monserratt).
Having spent a great deal of time in very desolate, extremely remote and hostile places, I am fully cognizant of the fact that humans are quite capable of shedding petty differences and cooperating with one another when mother nature is conspiring to extinguish our lives. I say \"petty\" not to denigrate the cause for which they are fighting, but again, based on personal experience, when one\'s life is on the line for one reason or another, all else but survival becomes petty.
My two bits\' worth.
Robert Eno</HTML>
I suggest that in the Battle of the Atlantic, both sides had a common enemy: the sea; in all her mercurial moods. If the depth charges or uboats didn\'t get you, the sea would eventually.
In the face of this common enemy, perhaps both sides developed a respect for each other and most importantly, an empathy for their adversaries once they were deprived of their protective home (ship or uboat) and consigned to the cruel sea (with apologies to Monserratt).
Having spent a great deal of time in very desolate, extremely remote and hostile places, I am fully cognizant of the fact that humans are quite capable of shedding petty differences and cooperating with one another when mother nature is conspiring to extinguish our lives. I say \"petty\" not to denigrate the cause for which they are fighting, but again, based on personal experience, when one\'s life is on the line for one reason or another, all else but survival becomes petty.
My two bits\' worth.
Robert Eno</HTML>